At one time or another, when face-to-face with a poem, most everyone has been perplexed. The experience of reading a poem itself is as likely to turn us off, intellectually or emotionally, as it is to ...

The first event in the Poetry at the Cossitt Series, a Favorite Poem Reading, held on April 1, was a great success thanks to the wonderful poems chosen by the people who read and the refreshments ...

In 1986 the first Poems on the Underground appeared in Tube carriages, and both commuters and visitors to London have been ...

On Dec. 16, the Garden City High School Literary Circle held its 30th anniversary of the Winter Solstice poetry reading. Club ...

Maya Angelou’s legacy goes beyond the body of work she shared with the world during her lifetime. Her legacy as one of the greatest writers of all time also embodies the ability she had to hold on to ...

A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! Meet your poem Rhythm and rhyme Made in N.Y.C. Greet the day Keep your poem By A.O. Scott and Aliza ...

Springfield school librarian Angela Knight's weekly poem readings inspired a new book. The book, "40 Poems for 40 Weeks," features a poem for each week of the school year. David Harrison, the school's ...

This is the second in a five-part series about the value of verse in the 21st century. Read the first installment here. Each side had its own claim to aesthetic and social righteousness.** Each side ...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

The following six poems are favorites in this writer's kid-filled house. In recent weeks, my kids and I have started reading poetry together before bed. We have several books of poems geared toward ...

NEWBURYPORT — Come to the 22nd annual Greater Newburyport Favorite Poem Project on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Newburyport Senior/Community Center, 331 High St., Newburyport, and hear a mayor, a city ...